A LEADING trade union umbrella group has blasted the the Stormont House Agreement as a “bad deal”.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) is organised a rally on Friday, March 13 to oppose the deal.

It states: “The Stormont House Agreement is a bad deal all workers, for all communties, for society and for equality”.

ICTU took out advertisements in Northern Ireland’s three daily newspapers this morning to highlight its opposition to the deal and alert the public to its day of protest.

It will also holding a series of meetings in towns and cities across Northern Ireland later this month to raise public awareness to the ‘bad deal’ hammered out before Christmas by the five main Stormont Executive parties.

ICTU claims that money being offered by the government is not new money.

It said that at least 20,000 jobs could disappear under a government redundancy scheme.